Skipper Kevin Osborne took Intrepid out September 28 and found biters right off the bat.

“We departed Saturday on our 6th annual Ken Bush Tuna Chasers Charter with the same great group of friends and a few new ones. Picked up our bait and cleared the point headed south. Ken and Miles put on a huge raffle of all sorts of great swag for everyone to use during the trip. Yesterday we stopped along the coast to try some Yellowtail fishing and man did that work out as we caught lots of them! The wind was blowing, waves rolling by, but that didn't stop the yellows. The Yo-Yo iron was the hot ticket, and surface plugs landed their share along with the flylined ‘dine. Jim even caught one with a Pink Sluggo! We caught our daily limits and hit the road southbound again. We will be fishing our way south for a few days then fishing our way home at the end of the week.”

Fish: It’s What’s For Dinner

Andy Cates docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing September 26, following a six-day Pennnell Group trip to The Ridge, Cedros Island and offshore. The group caught limits of yellowfin tuna, 265 yellowtail, 70 dorado and five wahoo. The boat’s office posted the results of the weigh-in:

“Well it's not much I can say about this finish, but what a day we had. We started out looking for kelps, and it didn't take long. We started out with a small kelp that produced a handful of Dorado, so the next kelp was the BINGO kelp for us. This one was holding Dorado and Yellowfin tuna. It wasn't long before Roy said we are done, and we headed for San Diego. Most of the Dorado were in the 14 to 20-pound range, very nice fish. The Yellowfin were in the 10 to 15-pound range. Everyone on board is happy, and we are headed for home.”

“We will arrive to San Diego at 05:30 hours, and will depart on a 1.5 trip. So until fingers and keyboard meet again, Good Luck & Good Fishing.”

Starter Kit

Brian Sims posted for the Royal Star September 28:

“We started this morning fishing good grade yellowtail along the coast. We managed to put together a good starter kit of 18 to 25-pound yellowtail, while weeding through some jumbo size Bonito. The action was hot and heavy and got all of our anglers reacquainted with moving at the rail. In the afternoon the wind increased and we opted to make some miles in a southerly direction. Our photo today shows Tom Lawrence with one of his yellows."

La Paz Fishing On Track

Jonathan Roldan of Tailhunter International reported for the La Paz area September 28:

"Two weeks ago, we were standing in the water surveying the rubble and destruction for the biggest hurricane ever to hit Baja. Two weeks later, we're on the comeback! We’re digging out with remarkable speed!

"Frankly, there hasn’t been alot of fishing going on since the hurricane. All the tourists have pretty much been evacuated or, there’s no way to fly in, or hotels have been damaged or without services so trips have been canceled. Local residents or expats aren’t fishing either as everyone struggles to get back on keel with larger things to worry about like food, water, gas and their homes and jobs.However, we’ve had a few boats out here and there. Weather has still been erratic. Nothing bad, but there have been some lingering intermittent rain cells that have moved through the area that has also kept us off the water or winds strong enough where it was better just not to put out any boats.

"As might be expected, the further we get away from the hurricane, the better the water conditions. Given that we just had the biggest hurricane in Baja history, it’s not surprising that the waters were very overturned dirty and green. Lots of debris in the water too.

"The first few days, there were a few small dorado around. Some sierra and bonito as well. Within a few days, we were seeing more dorado, but they seemed interested, but wary. Very hesitant to take a bait or lure. By the end of this week, the fish were back on the chew. We had limits or near limits of dorado including some nice bulls in the 20-30 pound class as well as bonito, cabrilla, jack crevalle and a few small rooster fish.

"For everyone who sent well wishes and support phone calls and e-mails, we much appreciated it. We’re digging out and like everyone else, trying to manage and pull back together. The storm has been pretty devastating, on many levels.

"The La Paz Airport is back in operation. Tourists are gone, but the hotels are jammed full with more than 20,000 escapees from Cabo San Lucas."

Spirit Of Adventure Winners

Vagabond Winners

Mike Lackey’s Vagabond returned September 28, and posted this shot of the jackpot winners:

“1st place: 32-pound yellowfin

2nd: place: 31.5-pound Halibut

3rd place: 30-pound Yellowfin.”

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